Husking machine takes off

Spore updates us on the work of fonio processor inventor Sanoussi Diakité.He:

...recently made six new machines available to communities in four locations in the Senegalese regions of Tambacounda, Kédougou, Sédhiou and Kolda. The machine can husk 50 kg of fonio per hour, while a woman can only process about a kilo by hand in the same time. Unlike manual husking, the machine leaves little sand in the husked fonio. The tedious nature of this task, coupled with its low yield, have led to fonio cultivation being virtually abandoned in areas where it was traditionally the staple cereal.